LORI VAMBE
DRUMLAND DREAMLAND LP

STRUTLP3401
STRUT
130Last In: 2026 years ago
- Drumsong (One)
- Drumsong (Two)
- Drumsong (Three)
- Strumelody
- Drumelody (One)
- Drumelody (Two)
- Ydolemurd
- Hum Drum Dring (One)
- Hum Drum Dring (Two) The Freedrum Song
Strut present a new single vinyl reissue of Vambe"s sought-after privately pressed album from 1982, Drumland Dreamland. A self-taught drummer, inventor, and sonic experimentalist, Vambe holds a unique place in British music. The creator of his own instrument, the drumgita (pronounced "drumguitar") or string-drum, he aimed to create music that had never been previously made to pursue access to the fourth dimension and forge a radical new musical language - intuitive, polyrhythmic and metaphysical. Drumland Dreamland is deep and haunting; a dense tapestry of layered percussion, time-warped tape loops, and spiralling drumgita figures, all underpinned by hypnotic improvisations from Brazilian pianist Rafael Dos Santos. It is both ecstatic and unsettling, a landmark recording in black British experimental music.

